a a 594 4136411 A new professlonallsmi' gmairmmu Reprints and permission: sagepub. Challenges and opportunities cmmmmmmm DOE; [ELI Fil I391| I \"11535 cslgepuhccm oases julia Evetts University of Nottingham UK Abstract Sociologisl: interested in professional work and occupations have differentiated professionalism as a distinctive and speciai way of controlling and organizing work and workers. with real advantages for both practitioners and clients. In this interpretation the analysis of professionalism is as an 'occupational value'. But professionalism is changing and being changed as professionals now increasingly work in large- scale organizational workplaces and sometimes in international firms. This article explains professionalism as an occupational value and indicates both the changes to